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Newspaper Articles on the SE Metro Line
Here is a
Pioneer
Press Article on the SE Metro Power Line (July 1, 1999)
Here is a
Sun
Current Article on the Power Line (June 29, 1999)
The project
is the subject of a long article in City
Pages
(July 21, 1999)
City Pages also did a follow-up
article (January 17, 2001)
Sun Current published a story regarding the then upcoming Steering
Committee public meeting (February 21, 2001)
The Sun Current then
ran a story reporting on the Steering Committee's public meeting.
(March 28, 2001)
The Star Tribune published on Sunday, March 4, 2001, a
major
story on the SE Metro Line
The status of the the proposed line in June,
2001, is well described in an article
appearing in the most recent issue of the
Sun
Current newspaper. This article also describes Xcel's suit against
Mendota Heights
The Minneapolis Star Tribune
covered the story on July 23, 2001, in anticipation of the South St. Paul
board meeting. Sunfish Lake Mayor Frank Tiffany
states he was "badly
misquoted" in the article.
The Sun Current covered the South St. Paul decision in an
August
1, 2001, story.
Xcel Energy and the
PLTF exchange views on the
risks of magnetic fields from Power Lines in the Pioneer Press of August
9, 2001
The Sun Current carries the
story on the Xcel suit against South St. Paul in its August 29,
2001
edition.
The Sun Current reports (12/26/01) on Xcel's
loss
of the suit against Mendota Heights that would have required the city
to approve Xcel's application for a conditional use permit.
The Sun Current carries a
story about how the decision on power lines will be taken from the
cities in its February 13, 2002 edition.
The Pioneer Press (2/18/02)
reports on then upcoming Mendota Heights City Council meeting.
The Pioneer Press (2/19/02) also printed an
exchange of opinions. PLTF president
argues that recent
health research shows the line would be dangerous. Sunfish Lake
Mayor Frank Tiffany suggests
the line should be
built in the absence of specific state or federal standards. He
reasons that "Someone's ox has to be gored," so
it might as well be the citizens of his city. Preempting the role of
a judge, Tiffany rules "the court will order us to negotiate a
settlement." He apparently prefers immediate capitulation to a
negotiated settlement.
The Sun Current reports upon
Sen. Jim Metzen's role in transferring decision authority on power
lines from cities to the state government.
The
Pioneer Press
(2/22/02),
City
Pages (2/27/02) and the
Sun Current
(2/27/02) report
on the deferral of the decision by Mendota Heights at a meeting that took
place on February 20.
There
has been an exchange of letters to the editor in anticipation of the
upcoming Mendota Heights meeting. (Sun newspaper 3/6/02)
Mendota Heights engineer
David Herridge notes the line emit higher amounts of magnetic fields
than projected. PLTF president
Roger Conant notes the line could be placed in industrial areas where
it would do no damage and encourages the use of people-friendly solutions.
An Xcel transmission
vice president claims the line is needed, but fails to explain why it
could not be relocated to industrial areas.
The
South-West Review reports the following in its March 3rd edition regarding
West St. Paul' City Council. "In other business last Monday night
[February 25], the city council granted Xcel Energy permission to operate
and repair its electricity distribution system in West St. Paul.
However, the council made some last-minute changes in the wording of the
ordinance, to prevent the company from installing high-energy power lines
in the city in the future. The move is a precautionary measure,
based on legal disputes in nearby cities over the upgrade of the company's
South East Metro Line."
As
reported in the Pioneer Press on March 8
and the
Sun Current on March 13, Mendota Heights voted to
reject the line. This vote was commended in a March 16
letter to the editor.
Xcel
sues the City of Mendota Heights over its decision to deny Xcel's
application.
The Task Force President's activities
were
featured in the Pioneer Press on March 31, 2002. Separately, in its
Microwave News reviews the
PLTF's activities in its March/April 2002 edition.
The Pioneer Press
reported on July 4, 2002 on the decision by the Sunfish Lake City
Council to not appeal.
The Sun Current
summarized the complex legal situations on August 14, 2002
The Sun Current published
an op ed piece discussing the California EMF Project on August 28,
2002
On
March 4, 2003, the Power Line Task Force sued Xcel to require it to obtain
mandated permissions from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and
the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board before proceeding with
construction of the SE Metro Line. The suit was covered by the
AP,
Pioneer Press
and
Star Tribune.
The
Star Tribune ran on April 13, 2003,
a major story on
the Power Line Task Force and the proposed SE Metro Line.
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